Triumph on Skis , Battles with the French, and More New since last night’s big Deal Weekly, over a dozen deals so far, including a big paperback fiction buy, Olympic medalist Bode Miller telling his unconventional story, Judith Michael’s next book, new fiction, a declaration that “France has been our oldest enemy,” and why (and how) witness misidentification can be conquered, all posted at PublishersMarketplace.com, where members can view deals as they are reported, get a daily deal e-mail, and search our archive of over 5,500 deals. Join PublishersMarketplace.com today as a member and you can see all the deal […]
Archives for July 2003
Lunch for Monday, July 14
For All the Latest About 20 new deals so far since last Friday and more to load in a little later in the day, including Jack Canfield’s big agreement with a new house, a big deal for “Justice Downwind meets The Hot Zone,” a science writer reworks a story about a major area of cell research and a family that benefited from this cutting edge work into a big auction and a new publisher, the untold story of Truman Capote and the Black and White Ball, Warren Adler’s sequel to his best-known book, and of course lots more, with new […]
Lunch for Friday, July 11
New Theories and Thoughts on Stock Market Behavior, the Matrix, Viet Nam, and More It’s a quiet news day, but there are still plenty of new deals to highlight, including a pre-empt for a book that takes on 50 years of investing wisdom with a comprehensive study of behavioral economics and the stock market, a prestigious journalist’s investigation of the Matrix films and the pop culture mythology they have spawned, a big children’s sale from the UK and a big film sale for a literary bestseller, a former Marine’s “anti-epic” novel about Viet Nam, the Baghdad Blogger, The Rocklopedia Fakebandic […]
Lunch for Thursday, July 10
Dozens of New Deals We’ve logged about 30 new deals in the last day, including the founder of Clif Bar’s story of success, a comprehensive volume of new options for dealing with menopause, inside Barry Diller’s empire, a look from the left at House majority leader Tom DeLay, another journalist’s take on a group of soldiers in Iraq, a year in the life of an opera company, and still plenty more posted at PublishersMarketplace.com, with new ones reported live all day and a huge archive to search any time. Join PublishersMarketplace.com today as a member and you can see all […]
Lunch for Wednesday, July 9
Fuentes Moves to Random House Carlos Fuentes makes headlines as he leaves longtime publisher Farrar Straus for Kate Medina at Random House, in a two-book deal represented by Carl Brandt, beginning with the essay collection THIS I BELIEVE, set for release next year, and followed by a political novel, THE EAGLE’S THRONE in 2005. (Both books have already been published in Spanish-language editions; the essay collection was a bestseller in Spain and France.) Roger Straus tells the AP, “I had no idea he was thinking of leaving. I had dinner with him in London not long ago and we swore […]
Lunch for Tuesday, July 8
For All the Latest New since last night’s big Lunch Weekly are a U.S. deal for Arthur Clarke’s first new novel in a decade, the poetry of Dylan, new fiction for Nan Talese’s imprint, more tales of WWII, another book from a conservative, a music producer’s novel based on the true story of an extraordinary woman, and of course lots more, with new ones reported live all day and a huge archive to search any time. Join PublishersMarketplace.com today as a member and you can see all the deal news, and sign up to get them delivered every day by […]